Chapter 29: Voldemort's Power Part II
"Oh My God…Severus…when-how?" Faith asked clutching Severus's wrist and staring into his eyes demanding and answer.
"Last month." He said with an ashamed face. Faith could tell that this was truly the last thing Severus wanted to be apart of. She had known him since their first year, it was easy to tell. She didn't get to offer a condoling word though because at that instant a hand shot out and grabbed Severus's tightly. The person then shoved him against the wall.
"Traitor." Sirisu growled as he pressed Severus harder into the wall. Sarah was right behind Sirius along with James and they both had their wands pointed at Severus's throat.
"I can't believe you'd betray us like this. To think Lily trusted you." James spat angrily. Sirius pushed Severus to the ground and Sarah said
"Leave and Never darken our lives again." Then with a pop Severus was gone. Sirius's hands immediately went around Faith.
"My heart jumped into my throat when I saw him with you and the mark on his arm. You're not hurt are you?" He asked. Faith shook her head and Sirius wrapped her into a large hug.
Sirius sat Sarah onto a chair before following Faith out into the hallway. McGonagall was busy picking herself up off the ground as was Madame Pomfrey.
"Its not the full moon is it?" Flitwick asked. The others shook their heads confused.
"Remus is loose in the castle. We must go find him" Sirius said.
"What a clever idea. Lets go looking for a werewolf that's completely ravenous." Severus said from behind. Sirius ignored him and said
"We must not hurt him. Even though he is a werewolf at this moment he still is Remus."
"That may be but that does not change the fact that he is murderous. And if he attacks us, what are we supposed to do, run away?" He could kill any one of us at this very moment and I don't think you would want that would you, Sirius? Severus asked, saying Sirius with disgust.
"I think we can handle it." Sirius said glaring at Severus.
"I doubt that." Severus said under his breath. Sirius made a dangerous advancement towards him. Faith quickly stepped in between them.
"We could lure him into a trap." Madame Pomfrey said.
"Very good! Flich use to have an alligator pit…he use to dangle trouble students above it…anyways we could lure Remus into it." McGonagall said.
"Excellent! Lets do that!" Flitwick chirped.
"One problem." Sarah said.
"Who will bell the cat?" Dumbeldore said surprising them all from behind. They all turned and Flitwick gave a puzzled look.
"He means, who will lure Remus into the trap." Sarah said with a knowing look.
"Meat!" Sirius said.
"That's right. Someone could just hold a piece of meat nearby and run him over to the trap and throw the meat in and he'll take it." Sarah said with a smile.
"Great…who can run at least semi-quickly?" McGonagall asked. The group all looked around at one another.
"Well I can run." Sirius said giving a little wave.
"Same here." Faith said.
"And me." Sarah put in
"Yeah." Severus said. (I would trust Severus could run because I'm sure he ran away from a lot of people that wanted to kill him.)
"Sarah! I do not think you are in any shape to run!" Madame Pomfrey exclaimed. Sarah blushed and looked down at her feet.
"Well, Remus is up on the second level. Severus-" Dumbeldore started and produced a large portion of meat and threw it towards Severus.
"You will find him and bring him to the first floor. Sirius take him from the first to the dungeons and Faith can take him to the pit." Dumbeldore said and then gave them all a smile and left.
Severus sighed as he walked down a darkened length of hallway for the third time. Remus the werewolf was somewhere around roaming these halls. No one had been able to answer the question of why Remus was a werewolf. It was odd. Severus felt a stinging pain on his arm. He winced but ignored it, he always did. Suddenly there was a low growling noise behind him. Severus stopped dead in his tracks. Very cautiously he turned around and standing there in the darkness was Remus. The small bit of light caught Remus's huge white teeth and seemed to make them brighter and fiercer. Remus's breathing was heavy which made his body swell making it seem larger. It was truly a horrifying site. Severus clutched the meat in one hand, showed it to Remus and then broke off running as Remus charged after him.
Serverus could feel his legs burning and his chest tightening as he jumped down the stairs. Remus was right behind him growling and snarling the entire way down. Severus could barely make out the thin outline of Sirius in the distance.
"Sirius!" He called, and the outline turned towards him. Severus took his last bit of energy and threw the meat towards Sirius, and then immediately pressed himself far against the wall and Remus charged past him and went after Sirius.
Sirius ran through the halls and even knocked a first year into a closet on his way. The running would have been a lot easier if his own heart was hammering so fast. As Sirius neared the stairs he could hear Remus getting closer and closer. Sirius took a chance and attempted to jump the entire staircase into the dungeons (I'm estimating about 20 stairs or so. Shorter than the other stair cases). Sirius of course fell and tumbled down the remaining stairs. He didn't take time to worry about his injury though, he immediately jumped to his feet and started towards Faith.
"Faith! Catch!" He called out. Faith turned towards him and grabbed the meat. Sirius jumped out of the way as Remus teared after her. He looked after the two running and then fell down to the floor pledging to never run again.
Faith felt a surge of energy when she neared the last turn and then would be able to put Remus in the pit. Her legs had started to burn within the first 5 minutes of running and now four minutes later( a long time to be sprinting for your life). Suddenly Faith wanted to stop. She could see the pit and it was nothing like she expected. She had imagined the pit to be more of a long fall than wide. That's why she was surprised. The pit was incredibly wide (Its about as far down as 1/3 a football field). Faith took a deep breath and ran as hard as she could before attempting to jump the pit.
Sirius stood up after he had caught his breath. Severus was coming down the dungeon hall when there was a scream that echoed off the walls and seemed to soak into them.
(A/N: I will be doing a lot more flashbacks. So if there are any questions you have of things that happened in the past, ask and I can put a flashback of it. Or if there is just something you'd like to see happen in the past with James/ Lily and the gang.)